ZXR250 (A & C Models) Spanner Night

**Panther** · 24th January 2007, 21:31

Originally Posted by Satch

Hey this is shaping up to look good,

itll have to be over a few days tho, with a project bike to demostrate, maybe a ruff one?

if anyones keen, i can also put on a workshop about how to professionally spray your bike aswell, might want some koha towards this one tho for materials

keep it in mind PF

i would like to learn to spray, then i would like to paint every bike i can wheelie bin green, until there is no more wheelie bin green paint left and aaron at colour works refuses to serve me.

**Panther** · 24th January 2007, 21:32

but seriously i could maybe donate some wheelie bin coloured paint to your good cause...600mls going....muwahhahahahahaha

**Panther** · 24th January 2007, 21:44

oh yeah for you aucklanders....the council down in wellys like the colour of my bike so much that they painted all of their bins the exact same colour

**N4CR** · 24th January 2007, 23:27

Originally Posted by sallo

i thought this was from stoppies?!

nope not just that. they get rough rust around the base of the chrome slider (where it connects to dog bones i think) and then when you go over a nasty nasty bump on sh22 on a fight club ride it pops the seals on a non rebuildable rear shock and leaks all over ya ****in rear tyre causing alot of fun. only seen it twice but it does happen. stoppies would do it also.. stoppies and wheelies when done real hard screw any shock

**Phenoix** · 25th January 2007, 06:12

Feel free to take my word for it, im poor, and cheap too :P
But haventn't blowen any seals latly, only a rocker cover :P
Which would be something everyone should learn about, preferable not when oil starts spraying from the motor :P
But But name a time and place, sound like a good idea

**placidfemme** · 25th January 2007, 08:02

Great... Looks like we have a lot of interest. For those out of Auckland, as I mentioned in an earlier post I'll be doing my best to document the Spanner Night for those that miss it and for future members (who will more than likely have brought their ZXR off one of us lol... poor bastards)

Anyway, so now that we have enough interest to deem organising the night/day/whatever...

Who is happy to cover any of the following topics?

1. Covering Basic tools required & were they can be brought
2. Fairing Removal
3. Oil & Oil Filter Change
4. Checking/Cleaning/Changing the spark plugs
5. Checking Brake Fluid levels
6. Bleeding the brakes
7. Battery Removal (Some people don't know how to do this)
8. Checking Coolant levels
9. Adjusting levers (Brake & Clutch... simple as... but you never know)
10. Adjusting Suspension
11. Chain Adjustment
12. Chain and Sprocket maintainence
13. Changing the Chain & Sprokets (depending on how keen you are)
14. Camchain tensioners (for those that stick)
15. Plastic Welding (save some money & fix your fairings yourself)
16. De-Restriction
17. Lubing Cables (clutch Cable)
18. Cleaning Filters
19. Replacing Fork oils and seals
20. Checking head bearings, wheel bearings & Swingarm Bearings
21. Gasget Jets
22. Re-Building Carbs
23. Waterproof the electrics
24. Changing Brake Pads (proberly best to do this BEFORE bleeding the brakes)
25. Checking the Regulator
26. Checking the choke cable (apparantly its meant to stick and not close on its own)
I have a copy of the service manual for the ZXR "C" model and I'm happy to print out a few copies (thanks to work lol) that can be handed out on the night for those who don't have one already...
27.Wheel Alignment
28. Shocks
29. Rocker Cover (I don't even know what this is lol)

Also does anyone have a suitable venue where a group of bikers can gather with some or most of the equipment/tools needed?

Please can you also let me know who needs a manual/service manual thingy so I can start printing them out slowly so the boss doesn't notice...

**surfer** · 25th January 2007, 08:10

Hey thanks for organising this, I'd love to come along and learn a few spannering bits and bobs. It sounds great, well done.

**placidfemme** · 25th January 2007, 08:14

Originally Posted by surfer

Hey thanks for organising this, I'd love to come along and learn a few spannering bits and bobs. It sounds great, well done.

No worries

I need to learn most of this stuff too... been waiting for Frosty and the boys to organise another Spanner Night for a while, but those guys are pretty busy, so thought why not give it a shot myself...

**aff-man** · 25th January 2007, 08:32

Originally Posted by placidfemme

No worries

I need to learn most of this stuff too...

Didn't you learn anything when I was going over your bike??

**placidfemme** · 25th January 2007, 08:34

Originally Posted by aff-man

Didn't you learn anything when I was going over your bike??

I learnt a lot, but I'm not confident enough to try to teach other people. lol and besides I'm not even strong enough to unscrew the oil thingy to drain my oil... lol that was pretty sad huh

**Panther** · 25th January 2007, 10:03

yeah i know that sucks when you're too weak to do stuff...and it's embarrassing!

**R6_kid:Me** · 25th January 2007, 10:15

Originally Posted by N4CR

nope not just that. they get rough rust around the base of the chrome slider (where it connects to dog bones i think) and then when you go over a nasty nasty bump on sh22 on a fight club ride it pops the seals on a non rebuildable rear shock and leaks all over ya ****in rear tyre causing alot of fun. only seen it twice but it does happen. stoppies would do it also.. stoppies and wheelies when done real hard screw any shock

oi broeee!!!11!! If you go along dont forget to show them how to access, rebuild and service the twin turbs on those phantom edition 250C's, im sure someone will have one, there were a few floating aroung last i heard!